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Comets learn their postseason destinations
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Chanute High School girls tennis team will compete at the Parsons Regional on Thursday, Oct. 9. The top four in singles and the top four doubles teams advance to the Independence Sub-State on Saturday, Oct. 11. Teams at the Parsons Regional are Chanute, Columbus, Fort Scott, Iola and Parsons. The matches will be held at Forest Park, Grand and Heacock Streets. Teams at the Indy Regional are the hosts, Labet...
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Comets JV, freshmen fall to Pittsburg
Tribune Staff Tribune staff CHANUTE—The Chanute High School JV football team fell to 3-1 on the season after falling to Pittsburg 17-14 on Monday night. In the second quarter, Pittsburg scored on a 16-yard pass play. The PAT failed. Chanute got on the board when QB Alec Haight passed to Jacob Guiot for a 14-yard touchdown pass. The two-point conversion was good as Haight passed to Austin Richard. The Dragons responded a bit later with a 50-y...
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Neosho County beats Labette
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Neosho County Community College volleyball team defeated Labette 25-16, 25-16, 25-21 on Monday night. No stats were made available to the Tribune. The Panthers also competed at the State Fair Tournament over the weekend in Sedalia, Missouri. The Panthers dropped four matches. Indian Hills topped the Panthers 25-17, 25-15, 23-25, 25-15. Mineral Area beat the Panthers 25-20, 25-13, 25-20. Neosho County lost...
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Local products lead Panthers at Tabor
Tribune Staff Tribune staff This past weekend the Neosho County Community College cross country team competed at the Tabor Invitational. NCCC Coach Darin Schmitz said he rested some of his athletes, allowing them a weekend off, but still ran a full team of men and four women. Men’s results For the second straight week the Panthers were led by Humboldt native Joab Barr. Barr ran a personal best in the 8K with a time of 29:09.33. He was f...
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Neosho County soccer drops two
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Neosho County Community College men’s soccer team dropped two-straight region and conference matches last week. Johnson County defeated Neosho County 5-1 on Wednesday in Overland Park. On Saturday night, the Panthers fell to Cowley College 3-2 in overtime at Chanute Community Sports Complex. On the women’s side, the Panthers lost at Johnson County 5-1 on Wednesday and did not play on Saturday night. Both teams...
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Comets must get well
Tribune Staff Football notebook Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The season is not over for the Chanute High School football team. That’s one message Coach Don Simmons is preaching to his Blue Comets this week. Coming off a 14-7 loss to the Pittsburg Purple Dragons, Simmons said his team needs to get well this week. “Two losses is not the end of the world,” Simmons said. “The season is far from over. We’re not going to be SEK champs. It woul...
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Johnson holds off Edwards, takes points lead
Tribune Staff KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Racing down the back straightaway behind Jimmie Johnson on the final lap, Carl Edwards decided his only chance at victory was a desperation move. Approaching the third turn on the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway oval in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race, Edwards’ Ford suddenly shot toward the bottom of the banked track, flashing past a surprised Johnson in an instant. His sudden surge of speed carried Edwards...
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Royster volleyball wins Iola tourney
Tribune staff The Royster Middle School 7th grade A and B volleyball teams traveled to Iola on Saturday.¬† The A team won the 12-team tournament and the B team won all of their pool matches before getting beat by the Royster A team in the semifinals.¬† “I was very impressed with all the girls this weekend,” Coach Rexine Spencer said. “Coach (Sharon) Vallier and her B team did a super job. They never lost a game in their pool against Iola, P...
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Royster comes up short against Iola
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The carnival wasn’t in town this week, but there was a ride available for the Royster Rocket football team Thursday evening and its name was Derek.¬† Derek Nelson, running back for the visiting Iola Ponies, was a steady force, pounding out two-to-four-yard gains again and again carrying would-be Rocket tacklers for extra yardage in Iola’s 14-6 win. “We actually played very sound assignment defensive football fo...
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Tennis team struggles at Parsons
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The wins were hard to come by for the Chanute High School girls tennis team at Parsons on Thursday. Chanute managed just one win on the evening. Senior Lauren Galemore went 1-2 on the day. Sara Ong of Parsons defeated Galemore 8-1 and Indy’s Katie Porter beat Galemore 8-2. Galemore earned a win over Coffeyville’s Candace Chapman by default. In the number-two singles bracket, Eunae Abbuehl went 0-3. Amy Shaw...
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Chanute girls take second in Iola
Tribune Staff Sharp finishes second overall Tribune staff IOLA—Led by a second-place finish by Brooke Sharp, the Chanute High School girls cross country team took second place at the Doc Stiles Invitational Cross Country Meet on Thursday at Iola’s Riverside Park. With four runners in the top 10, the Comets ended up just five points behind first-place Pittsburg. Sharp, a junior, finished the 4K in 17:19 and crossed the finish line second...
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MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
Tribune Staff Chanute has chances, falls to Pittsburg 14-7 Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor PITTSBURG—Inches away. That’s how close the Chanute Blue Comets were from scoring in a key first quarter possession. But the Comets’ run was stuffed at the goal line and all of the momentum the team had going was stopped, as well. Propelled by the early goal-line stand, the Pittsburg Purple Dragons held off the Comets 14-7 on Friday night at ...
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Humboldt stings Fredonia
Tribune Staff FREDONIA—Andrew Whitaker ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more to lead the Humboldt Cubs to a convincing 35-0 road win over the Fredonia Yellowjackets Friday night. “He had a wonderful night,” Humboldt Head Coach Travis Burk said. “We caught the ball well, played good defense, overall we played well tonight.” Whitaker rushed 13 times for 201 yards and had five completions in seven attempts for 114 yards, including a...
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St. Paul falls to Marmaton Valley
Tribune Staff ST. PAUL—It was one of those games Friday night for the St. Paul Indians. “We had a very poor week of practice and it showed in the game,” said St. Paul Head Coach Doug Tuck following his Indians’ 48-12 home loss Friday night to the visiting Marmaton Valley Wildcats. “We came out with little intensity and got outphysicaled on both sides of the ball.” St. Paul’s only touchdowns came on a five-yard run by Kendall Winter in th...
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Area teams compete at Doc Stiles Invite
Tribune Staff Area teams run in Iola Humboldt and Erie High Schools were represented at the Doc Stiles Invitational Cross Country Meet on Thursday night at Iola’s Riverside Park. Humboldt results Raquel Hill took 20th place in the girls 4K. Hill finished in 19:04. In the varsity boys race, Humboldt’s Andy Hill was 11th (17:35) and Cody Wright was 18th (18:12). In the JV boys 4K, Chris Coronado was 11th (16:18). Alexis Hosack was 32nd i...
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Comets earn conference wins
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Chrissy Thomen did a little bit of everything on Thursday night. When the Chanute High School senior wasn’t slamming a kill at the net or blocking an opposing player, she was serving aces and diving for digs. She was even one of three players recognized on Parent’s Night. Thomen led the way for the Chanute High School volleyball team as the Blue Comets cruised to two conference wins. Chanute han...
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Area volleyball: Cubs sweep, Devils split
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Humboldt Cubs were two-for-two against Burlington on Tuesday night. Humboldt defeated Burlington twice, winning match one 25-10, 25-19. Megan Dillow had six kills and Callie Umholtz had five kills. Kelci Owens had 15 assists and Lenzie Boring had 11 service points. Randi Barnett added eight points and five digs. In a second match against Burlington, Humboldt won 18-25, 25-12, 25-11. Bailey Myers had 15 ...
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DO OR DIE TIME FOR COMETS
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The Chanute Blue Comets have reached a crucial fork in the road. After last week’s loss at Columbus, the Chanute High School football team’s season can now go one of two ways: north or south. This week’s showdown with the Pittsburg Purple Dragons will determine which road the Comets will take. A win would be huge. For starters, it would keep the team’s Southeast Kansas League title hopes alive. ...
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Panthers cross country team ranked nationally
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor For the first time in four years, the Neosho County Community College men’s cross country team is ranked nationally. The Panthers are now ranked 25th in the nation in the latest NJCAA Division I Cross Country Rankings. “It’s really rewarding to see,” Panthers Coach Darin Schmitz said. “These kids have worked really hard, so it’s nice to see that they were recognized.” Schmitz added the recogniti...
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Galemore leads tennis team
Tribune Staff Tribune staff INDY— The Chanute High School girls tennis team took third place at the Independence Invite on Tuesday. Chanute senior Lauren Galemore took second place in the number-one singles bracket. Galemore, a senior, went 3-1 on the day. Galemore defeated Molly Mangan of Indy 8-3 and beat Pittsburg’s Erin Farmer 8-5. Bayley Conner of Indy beat Galemore 8-4, but the Blue Comet bounced back and beat Iola’s Kirti Gandhi 8-0. “...
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